Trevecca Nazarene University and the Sport Management Association of Tennessee have announced the creation of a sport management association being billed as the nation's first.

Trevecca Nazarene University

According to a release, Trevecca students led by TNU's Dr. Leigh Ann Danzey-Bussell created the statewide nonprofit, which launched recently with a goal of connecting students, professors and industry professionals across Tennessee.

SMAT grew out of Trevecca’s Governing Bodies in Sport course in April, during which more than 30 students drafted bylaws, policies and procedures. The group’s three-word mission — Service, Network, Empower — appears on a student-designed logo for the organization.

Backed early in the process by programs and faculty at the University of Tennessee, Middle T

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